Chain holder



Marr'. 20, 1923.

J. H. BANKS CHAIN HOLDER Filed Apr.

WITNESS:

Patented Pilar. 2Q, lt.

JOSEPH HENRY BANKS, OIE NORTH ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CHAXN HOLDER.

To all whom z'tmag/ concern.'

Be it known that l, Josnrri H. BANKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Andover, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and uset'ul Improvements in Chain Hold ers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention has reference to a watch chain holder for belts,

In the ordinary construction ot belts no provision is made for sustaining the bar of a watch chain thereon, and as watches are extensively worn in the watch pocket oi inens trousers a serious liability of loss ol the watch is thus afforded.

It is therefore the principal object of the present invention to produce an extremely simple, cheap, ornamental and eliective attachment tor belts whereby the bar of a watch chain may be effectively clamped thereon and as readily removed when dcsired.

lt is a further object to produce a device ot this character in the nature of a plate bent upon itself to form a substantially rectangular yoke through which the belt is passed, said yoke having impinging means to enter the belt to hold the yoke on the belt, said yoke having its outer tace provided with a central opening and having clamping iingers on the sides ot the open-v ings, said fingers designed to receive therebetween the bar of the watch chain to sus* tain the ring or enlargement on the bar in the opening of the yoke to electively prevent the accidental removal of the bar from the holder.

The foregoing objects may be accomplished by a construction, combination and operative association of parts such as are disclosed b v the drawings which accompany and foi-m part of this speciiication.

ln the draw ings Figure l is a perspective view illustratingthe application ot the improvement.

Figure 2 is a greatly enlarged approximately central transverse sectional view through the improvement and belt.

The body of the improvement is in the nature o'll a metal plate bent or folded upon itself to provide a substantially rectangular yoke member both indicated by the numeral The yoke has its inner tace indented to provide inipinging elements 3 which enter the belt to hold the yoke against movement thereon. The outer face of the yoke is centrally provided said outer face Application filed April 1, 1922. Serial No. 548,835.

with an opening d, and on the on the opposite sides of the opening are spring clamping fingers 5 respectivelyg Jfrom their juncture with the yoke the fingers are arched but have their ends iii contacting engagement with the outer face of the yoke, the free extremities of the said fingers being rounded outwardly. By such construction it of a watch cha will be noted that the bar 6 in may be readily inserted.

between the yoke and the spring clamping` fingers, and the ring or central enlargement 8 on the bar, to which the chain is directly connected, is received in the opening l of the The result is that the bar cannot be accidentally removed from the holder, butk yoke.

an outward pull on the bar will readily remove the saine ciate the chain when it is desired to disassotrom the belt.

What lclaim is l. The combination with a belt, ot' a means for holding the bar or" a watch chain thereon, comprising a plate secured to the belt and provided with a central opening, said plate having spring iingers on the opposite sides ot the opening to clamp therebetween the ba r of the attaching ring the opening.

2. rl`he combi chain and to hold the chain on the center ot the bar in nation with a belt, of a means for clamping the bar of ay chain thereto,

comprising a. p

late secured on the belt having its outer tace provided with downwardly directed outwardly arched spring fingers whose ends are in contact with the plate and the extremities of the said ends rounded outwardly, said plate being pi' vided with rThe combi nation with a belt, ot a means for clam ainO the bar of a watch chain there" to, comprising a plate shaped to provide a substantially rectangular yoke that receives the belt therethrough, impinging means on the yoke entering the belt, said yoke having:

its outer face,

adjacent its edges provided with spring lingers and having an opening between the lingers to receive the ring that attaches the chain to the bar when the bar arranged between the lingers and clamped thereby against the yoke.

' 1n testimony whereof l ati'ix mv signature. 

